Editorial writer Dan Carney explains what a socialist democracy is and how it works in his response to this reader question. Have a question of your own? Ask us using #askusatoday on Twitter or e-mail askusatoday@usatoday.com. ... [Read More]

Tokyo to continue holding talks on the peace treaty with Moscow, seeking to put into effect its position that envisions the conclusion of the deal after the settlement of the territorial dispute between the two countries, a spokesperson of the Japanese Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Thursday. [Read More]

Are vegans and vegetarians basically the same? If not, what's the difference? Web content editor Eileen Rivers, who is a vegetarian, answers this reader question. Have a question of your own. Ask us using #askusatoday on Twitter. ... [Read More]

On Wednesday, Amazon Web Serivces announced DocumentDB — a new document database service that's compatible with MongoDB, a popular open source database. In October, MongoDB — the $4.4 billion company behind the database of the same name — took defensive moves against larger cloud platforms taking and selling its software for profit without giving back. AWS, in particular, has a reputation for profiting off of free software from smaller companies, while contributing little code to the companies. "More than anything, it shows how much developers love the MongoDB API and DB and how desperate Amazon was... [Read More]

China's ambassador to Canada has accused his host government of "Western egotism and white supremacy" over their handling of the case of Huawei executive Meng Hongwei, amid an escalating dispute between Ottawa and Beijing. [Read More]

A former commander at US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday and charged with obstruction of justice, concealment, falsifying records and making false statements during an investigation into the death of a civilian worker who drowned near the base in 2015. [Read More]

Samsung had a 5G smartphone prototype on display at CES 2019. It's the closest official look we have to future smartphones from Samsung that come with 5G compatibility. A variant of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S10 is said to come with 5G support. Strolling innocently through Samsung's massive booth at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, I stumbled upon Samsung's 5G prototype smartphone. There it was, a 5G smartphone prototype from the biggest mobile company in the world, with no fanfare or much interest from any other CES attendee around me. I almost started to... [Read More]

CD Baby artists earned "well over" $100 million in 2018, which represents a 25% increase over 2017 when artists earned $80.1 million. Industry analysts are pointing to two strategic opportunities that CD Baby was able to leverage this past year that helped fuel the increase in artist payouts. [Read More]